Images of ATV burning up in the atmosphere just received from the team on board the DC-8 observation aircraft taken at approximately 15:36 CEST 29 Sep. More details available on the main ESA web site. -- Daniel

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MP3 audio interview with ESA's John Ellwood, ATV Project Manager.

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A quick reaction statement from ESA's mission director Alberto Novelli. I asked him on how today's deorbit went from the operations standpoint (apologies for mp3 quality - it is a bit rough due big crowd her). -- Daniel

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A quick snap of the scene in the ATV Control Room as the mission came to an end. -- Daniel

ATV has been seen by the Gulfstream aircraft. Details to follow... -- Daniel

Graphics at the front of the control room show ISS is about to start the pass over ATV. The ISS crew are ready with the Fialka equipment which they will use to make ultraviolet and visible range observations. We just heard that the crew reported they can see ATV as a dot through their camera. -- Maria

15:31:33 CEST: ATV has entered the atmosphere at 120km altitude. -- Daniel

ATV now at 123km

Second deorbit burn analysis is complete: The engine burn ran just under the planned time, meaning it was 40 seconds short of the planned 15:00 min duration (we'll confirm and update this later).

Incoming telemetry is starting to contain alarms and alerts as the on-board accelerometers are detecting out-of-range movements. -- Daniel

MCC-M (Moscow) has just informed ATV CC that the astronauts on the ISS are ready to begin their observation/tracking of ATV.

ATV tumbling has started - contact is now only every 1 tumble..

-- Daniel